2018–19 EuroLeague

The 2018–19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 19th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the eighth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 62nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
Season2018–19
Dates11 October 2018 – 19 May 2019
Number of games260
Number of teams16
Regular season
Season MVPCzech Republic Jan Veselý
Finals
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (8th title)
  Runners-upTurkey Anadolu Efes
Third placeSpain Real Madrid
Fourth placeTurkey Fenerbahçe Beko
Final Four MVPUnited States Will Clyburn
Statistical leaders
PointsUnited States Mike James19.8
ReboundsFrance Vincent Poirier8.3
AssistsGreece Nick Calathes8.7
Index RatingUnited States Mike James20.2
Records
Biggest home winBayern 116–70 Darüşşafaka
(8 November 2018)
Biggest away winOlympiacos 75–99 Olimpia
(19 October 2018)
Highest scoringOlimpia 111–94 Budućnost
(3 January 2019)
Winning streak12 games
Fenerbahçe
Losing streak12 games
Darüşşafaka
Highest attendance18,182
Panathinaikos 82–89 Real Madrid
(23 April 2019)
Lowest attendance1,011
Darüşşafaka 71–63 Budućnost
(16 October 2018)
Attendance2,153,445 (8,282 per match)
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

The season started on 11 October 2018 and finished in May 2019 with the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. CSKA Moscow won the championship after defeating Anadolu Efes in the championship game.

Team allocation

A total of sixteen teams participated.[1] The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders). Eleven teams were placed as Licensed Clubs, long-term licenses, while five spots were given to Associated Clubs, based on merit.[1][2]

  • LC: Qualified as a licensed club with a long-term licence
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • EC: EuroCup champion
  • WC: Wild card
Licensed ClubsAssociated Clubs
Baskonia (LC) Anadolu Efes (LC) Darüşşafaka Tekfen (EC) Bayern Munich (1st)
FC Barcelona Lassa (LC) Fenerbahçe Beko (LC) Herbalife Gran Canaria (4th) Budućnost VOLI (1st)[Note ABA]
Real MadridTH (LC) AX Armani Exchange Milan (LC) Khimki (2nd)[Note VTB]
Olympiacos (LC) Žalgiris (LC)
Panathinaikos OPAP (LC) CSKA Moscow (LC)
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC)
Notes

Teams

A total of 16 teams from 9 countries contest the league, including 11 sides with a long-term licence from the 2017–18 season, 1 team qualified from the EuroCup and the 4 highest-placed teams from the ABA League, the German Bundesliga, the VTB United League and the Spanish ACB.

Bayern Munich and Budućnost VOLI qualified, after clinching the Bundesliga and ABA League titles respectively. Khimki qualified as runner-up of the VTB United League. Herbalife Gran Canaria qualified as the highest-placed team in the Liga ACB without a long-term EuroLeague licence. Darüşşafaka qualified as the EuroCup champions, after beating Lokomotiv Kuban in the Finals.

Venues and locations

TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
Anadolu EfesIstanbulSinan Erdem Dome16,000
AX Armani Exchange OlimpiaMilanMediolanum Forum12,700[3]
Barcelona LassaBarcelonaPalau Blaugrana7,585[4]
Bayern MunichMunichAudi Dome6,500[5]
Budućnost VOLIPodgoricaMorača Sports Center5,500[6]
CSKA MoscowMoscowMegasport Arena13,344[7]
Darüşşafaka TekfenIstanbulVolkswagen Arena5,240
Fenerbahçe BekoIstanbulÜlker Sports Arena13,059
Herbalife Gran CanariaLas PalmasGran Canaria Arena11,500
KhimkiKhimkiMytishchi Arena7,280
Kirolbet BaskoniaVitoria-GasteizFernando Buesa Arena15,504[8]
Maccabi FOX Tel AvivTel AvivMenora Mivtachim Arena10,383[9]
OlympiacosPiraeus, AthensPeace and Friendship Stadium12,000[10]
Panathinaikos OPAPMarousi, AthensOlympic Sports Center Athens18,989[11]
Real MadridMadridWiZink Center15,000[12]
ŽalgirisKaunasŽalgirio Arena15,552[13]

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Anadolu Efes Ergin Ataman Doğuş BalbayS by SportiveAnadolu Efes
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Simone Pianigiani Andrea CinciariniArmaniArmani Exchange
Barcelona Lassa Svetislav Pešić Ante TomićNikeLassa Tyres
Bayern Munich Dejan Radonjić Danilo BarthelAdidasBayWa
Budućnost VOLI Jasmin Repeša Suad ŠehovićSpaldingVOLI
CSKA Moscow Dimitrios Itoudis Kyle HinesNikeRostelecom
Darüşşafaka Tekfen Selçuk Ernak Oğuz SavaşAdidasTekfen
Fenerbahçe Beko Željko Obradović Melih MahmutoğluNikeBeko
Herbalife Gran Canaria Pedro Martínez Eulis BáezSpaldingHerbalife
Khimki Rimas Kurtinaitis Sergei MoniaAdidasKhimki Group
Kirolbet Baskonia Velimir Perasović Tornike ShengeliaKelmeKirolbet
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeoNikeFOX
Olympiacos David Blatt Vassilis SpanoulisNikebwin
Panathinaikos OPAP Rick Pitino Nick CalathesAdidasPame Stoixima
Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe ReyesAdidasEuropean University
Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius JankūnasŽalgirisShopORLEN Lietuva

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Herbalife Gran Canaria Luis CasimiroEnd of contract13 June 2018[14]Pre-season Salva Maldonado26 June 2018
Darüşşafaka David BlattEnd of contract31 May 2018 Ahmet Çakı20 June 2018[15]
Olympiacos Ioannis SfairopoulosMutual consent18 June 2018[16] David Blatt27 June 2018[17]
Kirolbet Baskonia Pedro MartinezSacked16 November 2018[18]11th (2–5) Velimir Perasović16 November 2018[18]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Neven SpahijaSacked18 November 2018[19]14th (1–6) Ioannis Sfairopoulos18 November 2018[19]
Herbalife Gran Canaria Salva MaldonadoSacked5 December 2018[20]13th (3–7) Víctor García5 December 2018[20][21]
Darüşşafaka Tekfen Ahmet ÇakıSacked11 December 2018[22]16th (1–10) Selçuk Ernak12 December 2018[23]
Panathinaikos OPAP Xavi PascualSacked20 December 2018[24]10th (6–7) Rick Pitino26 December 2018[25]
Budućnost VOLI Aleksandar DžikićSacked29 December 2018[26]15th (3–12) Jasmin Repeša30 December 2018[27]
Khimki Georgios BartzokasSacked21 January 2019[28]13th (7–12) Rimas Kurtinaitis21 January 2019[29]
Herbalife Gran Canaria Víctor GarcíaSacked11 March 2019[30]14th (6–19) Pedro Martínez11 March 2019[31]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams played against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top eight teams advanced to the playoffs and the bottom eight teams were eliminated.

League table

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1 Fenerbahçe Beko3025525042237+267Advance to playoffs
2 CSKA Moscow3024625902397+193
3 Real Madrid3022825782342+236
4 Anadolu Efes30201025622406+156
5 Barcelona Lassa30181223582282+76
6 Panathinaikos OPAP30161423822345+37
7 Kirolbet Baskonia30151524492378+71
8 Žalgiris30151523602323+37
9 Olympiacos30151523262301+25
10 Maccabi Tel Aviv30141623762346+30
11 Bayern Munich30141623482404−56
12 AX Armani Exchange Olimpia30141626012600+1
13 Khimki3092123332449−116
14 Herbalife Gran Canaria3082223172616−299
15 Budućnost VOLI3062422302550−320
16 Darüşşafaka Tekfen3052522382576−338
Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

Home \ AwayEFSAXMFCBBAYBUDCSKDTIFNBHGCKHIKBAMTAOLYPAORMBZAL
Anadolu Efes101–9592–7092–77106–6878–8082–6889–8393–7481–7296–8590–7775–6578–6282–8479–93
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia81–8085–9078–80111–9485–9090–7890–10486–9481–8093–9087–8366–5783–9585–9180–70
Barcelona Lassa80–6590–8083–7395–8376–8497–6565–8493–6483–7477–6774–5860–6979–6877–7078–72
Bayern Munich71–9093–8773–7193–8879–93116–7090–8684–7772–6577–7170–7762–7280–7972–8288–84
Budućnost VOLI84–9171–8267–6475–8993–9275–7465–8975–7090–9899–8468–7876–8967–7273–6060–72
CSKA Moscow102–84101–9595–7577–7099–6979–7570–68107–8588–7482–7876–9369–6577–7882–7899–97
Darüşşafaka Tekfen88–9392–9871–7992–8771–6365–8075–9771–7591–8580–7571–7379–7567–9182–8671–75
Fenerbahçe Beko84–6692–8588–8288–8476–6779–75100–7997–7293–8596–8778–7590–7585–6665–6378–61
Herbalife Gran Canaria90–94104–10687–8674–8995–8591–10684–6464–8270–9971–8484–7890–6780–9967–7573–66
Khimki84–8588–9080–8760–7185–6972–8085–8484–7887–7277–8571–7666–8776–6875–10074–64
Kirolbet Baskonia92–10280–7570–7776–6882–6276–7382–5672–7483–66104–8697–7380–8586–7786–7680–73
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv71–7994–9299–8395–7181–7686–8977–5870–7490–5579–6379–8165–6484–7566–8783–85
Olympiacos88–8175–9955–7689–6992–7081–9799–7472–7398–7771–5791–8788–8079–6588–8368–72
Panathinaikos OPAP88–7583–8676–7077–6787–6796–8475–6769–81102–8794–8572–7089–8493–8073–7483–87
Real Madrid92–8492–8992–6591–7889–5588–93109–93101–8689–7679–7497–7991–7994–7889–6886–93
Žalgiris58–7983–7885–8885–7984–7679–8494–6775–8298–6483–8479–8780–7383–7582–6979–90
Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four victorious teams advance to the Final Four.

Series

Team 1SeriesTeam 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
Fenerbahçe Beko 3–1 Žalgiris76–4380–8266–5799–820
CSKA Moscow 3–1 Kirolbet Baskonia94–6868–7884–7792–830
Real Madrid 3–0 Panathinaikos OPAP75–7278–6389–8200
Anadolu Efes 3–2 Barcelona Lassa75–6872–74102–6872–8280–71

Final Four

The Fernando Buesa Arena prior to the Final Four in May 2019

The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain on 17 and 19 May 2019.[32][33]

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
17 May
 
 
Fenerbahçe Beko73
 
19 May
 
Anadolu Efes92
 
Anadolu Efes83
 
17 May
 
CSKA Moscow91
 
CSKA Moscow95
 
 
Real Madrid90
 
Third place game
 
 
19 May
 
 
Fenerbahçe Beko75
 
 
Real Madrid94

Attendances

Average home attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
2019 Final Four games52,95513,47012,86613,239−16.9%
1 Žalgiris251,74215,51713,56914,808+9.2%
2 Panathinaikos OPAP200,47318,1827,48712,530−3.7%
3 Kirolbet Baskonia189,35212,8479,74311,138−1.9%
4 Fenerbahçe Beko182,52912,8217,38010,737−7.2%
5 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv157,82611,0609,47610,522−1.9%
6 Real Madrid166,45712,7497,3289,792−2.4%
7 AX Armani Exchange Olimpia127,40211,8516,3438,493+13.7%2
8 Anadolu Efes148,45215,2493,1538,247+111.5%
9 Olympiacos123,04211,1074,1368,203−8.0%
10 CSKA Moscow122,36912,3414,4737,198−12.3%
11 Barcelona Lassa98,4877,3114,3725,793+2.0%
12 Khimki82,5297,1513,2595,502−8.6%
13 Herbalife Gran Canaria72,3487,4303,6484,823+18.9%1
14 Budućnost VOLI71,8775,2604,0814,792+67.2%1
15 Bayern Munich65,2335,8093,2594,349−20.4%1
16 Darüşşafaka Tekfen40,3724,2041,0112,691+3.1%1
League total2,153,44518,1821,0118,282−5.7%

Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: 2017–18 season average applied to EuroCup games
2: AX Armani Exchange Olimpia played one match at PalaBancoDesio, instead of Mediolanum Forum.

Top 10

Pos.RoundGameHome teamVisitorAttendanceRef
1Playoffs3 Panathinaikos OPAP Real Madrid18,182[1]
2Regular Season29 Panathinaikos OPAP Real Madrid18,003[2]
3Regular Season6 Panathinaikos OPAP Olympiacos17,345[3]
4Regular Season27 Panathinaikos OPAP Kirolbet Baskonia16,513[4]
5Regular Season15 Panathinaikos OPAP CSKA Moscow15,733[5]
6Playoffs3 Žalgiris Fenerbahçe Beko15,517[6]
7Playoffs5 Anadolu Efes Barcelona Lassa15,249[7]
8Regular Season16 Žalgiris CSKA Moscow15,205[8]
9Regular Season28 Žalgiris Darüşşafaka Tekfen15,178[9]
10Playoffs4 Žalgiris Fenerbahçe Beko15,177[10]

Panathinaikos game against Olympiacos was played with only 17,345 seats available for security reasons

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

All-EuroLeague Teams

First Team [36]Second Team [37]
Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Mike James Olimpia Milano
Kostas Sloukas Fenerbahçe Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow
Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes
Brandon Davies Žalgiris Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia
Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Edy Tavares Real Madrid

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year

MVP of the Round

Regular season
RoundPlayerTeamPIRRef.
1 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Beko34[42]
2 Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos33[43]
Anthony Randolph Real Madrid
3 Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv30[44]
Rodrigue Beaubois Anadolu Efes
4 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow27[45]
5 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid30[46]
6 Cory Higgins CSKA Moscow28[47]
7 Eulis Báez Herbalife Gran Canaria32[48]
8 Alexey Shved Khimki30[49]
9 Alexey Shved (2) Khimki32[50]
10 Zach LeDay Olympiacos42[51]
11 Gustavo Ayón (2) Real Madrid34[52]
12 Derrick Williams Bayern Munich35[53]
13 Nikola Milutinov (2) Olympiacos36[54]
14 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos31[55]
15 Johnny O'Bryant III Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv44[56]
16 Nikola Milutinov (3) Olympiacos41[57]
17 Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos31[58]
18 Marcelo Huertas Kirolbet Baskonia29[59]
19 Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow27[60]
20 Angelo Caloiaro Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv33[61]
21 Nando de Colo (2) CSKA Moscow38[62]
22 Krunoslav Simon Anadolu Efes34[63]
23 Brandon Davies Žalgiris34[64]
24 Ante Tomić Barcelona Lassa28[65]
25 Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes43[66]
26 Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan31[67]
27 Micheal Eric Darüşşafaka Tekfen33[68]
28 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP39[69]
29 Toney Douglas Darüşşafaka Tekfen37[70]
30 Brandon Davies (2) Žalgiris34[71]
Playoffs
GamePlayerTeamPIRRef.
1 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes30[72]
2 Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia32[73]
3 Shane Larkin (2) Anadolu Efes34[74]
4 Nando de Colo (3) CSKA Moscow35[75]
5 Shane Larkin (3) Anadolu Efes19[76]

MVP of the Month

MonthWeekPlayerTeamRef.
2018
October1–4 Edy Tavares Real Madrid[77]
November5–10 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes[78]
December11–15 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Beko[79]
2019
January16–20 Alex Tyus Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv[80]
February21–24 Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia[81]
March25–29 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP[82]
April30–PO5 Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid[83]

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR
1. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia3060720.23
2. Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos2856120.04
3. Artūras Gudaitis AX Armani Exchange Olimpia2139218.67

Source: EuroLeague

Points

RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG
1. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia3059519.83
2. Cory Higgins CSKA Moscow3247614.88
3. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow3450114.74

Source: EuroLeague

Rebounds

RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG
1. Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia342828.29
2. Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos282217.89
3. Artūras Gudaitis AX Armani Exchange Olimpia211507.14

Source: EuroLeague

Assists

RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG
1. Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP332868.67
2. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia301916.37
3. Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes372045.51

Source: EuroLeague

Other statistics

CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage
Steals Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP
33
1.73
Blocks Edy Tavares Real Madrid
34
1.68
Turnovers Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP
33
3.09
Fouls drawn Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia
20
5.45
Minutes Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
30
33:56
FT % Jaycee Carroll Real Madrid
31
96.00%
2-Point % Edy Tavares Real Madrid
34
79.39%
3-Point % Dairis Bertāns AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
22
53.62%

Individual game highs

CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
Rating Johnny O'Bryant III Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
44
Points Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes
37
Rebounds Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos
18
Assists Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP
18
Steals Dee Bost Khimki6
Nikita Kurbanov CSKA Moscow
Blocks Tarik Black Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
5

Team statistics

CategoryTeamAverage
Rating Real Madrid
103.57
Points AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
87.27
Points Allowed Fenerbahçe Beko
75.64
Rebounds Real Madrid
36.86
Assists Real Madrid
20.17
Steals Khimki
7.60
Blocks Darüşşafaka Tekfen
3.53
Turnovers Darüşşafaka Tekfen
13.93
FT % Anadolu Efes
82.10%
2-Point % Fenerbahçe Beko
58.33%
3-Point % Fenerbahçe Beko
42.79%

See also

References

External links